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Show OO TARIFF BILL AS AMENDED Democrats Re-Introduce Measure From the Caucus Payne Presents the Minority Attack Saying Bill Is Uncalled For Washington April 21 The Demo- cratlc tariff bill as amended by the house caucus, was re-Introduced in , the bouse today and will be called up for general debate v edm-dax 1 The house rules committee is con- siderlng a resolution to limn the , time for discussion and the number ol amendments, aiming io put the bill through to its passage as rapidly rapid-ly as possible A resolution offered in the caucus! would limit debate to eight legllla- ' i live days, the number of amendments i to each schedule lo two and permit I only two amendments to the bin as I a whole. With re-introduction of the bill to-j day, views of the minority attacking it were presented to the bouse by Keprcfcr,latie Rrreno Paoie and his1 Republican colleagues of the ways land means committee The main j tained that the bill Ik uncalled for. I that Its provisions alreadv have; alarmed ihe country, and that, should . it pass. It will bring down wages to the level of those in foreign couu-I couu-I tries. Opposed to Delay. The question of tariff hearings after af-ter the Cnderwood bill reaches the senato will be settled at a meeting of the entire membership of the finance fi-nance committee tomorrow. The majority or the Democrats on the committee are opposed to delay by hearings, and Republican members demand them Chairman Underwood, reintroducing the bill today, did not make any statement of changes b the caucus Among these were the placing on the free list of shoe machinery cream separators buckwheat and rc, and the extension of the income tax exemption ex-emption to savings hanks, not con ducted for profit, affecting numerous numer-ous savings Institutions in New York and New Rngland The entire committee will make its formal report to the house tomorrow with the minority reports from the Republicans |